Tampnet, the leading offshore connectivity provider, and KPN, the incumbent and a major provider of telecommunications and IT services in the Netherlands, have expanded their long-standing collaboration to bring "Roam Like Home" functionality to offshore workers and visitors in the North Sea from 1st of November 2025.
(Stavanger, October 29th 2025)
KPN was among the first operators to launch roaming on Tampnet's offshore network as early as 2018. The new agreement allows KPN to treat North Sea offshore mobile traffic within the EU Roam Like Home zone. As a result, KPN customers - including users of Simyo and Youfone - can use mobile services at sea on Tampnet's network as if they were on land, without additional roaming charges.
"Mobile coverage is a basic expectation. With this agreement, KPN customers working offshore can stay connected to colleagues and loved ones with the same ease and confidence they enjoy onshore," said Elie Hanna, CEO at Tampnet.
The agreement covers Tampnet's high-performance LTE network across the Dutch continental shelf and adjacent EU waters covering 300.000 km2. It ensures that offshore workers, on platforms, vessels and wind farms, have consistent access to mobile services aligned with their home network experience.
About Tampnet
Tampnet owns and operates the world's largest offshore high-capacity communications network, serving more than 450 fixed and mobile energy assets. Tampnet's fibre, LTE and private 5G portfolio delivers low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity that underpins safer, smarter and more sustainable operations from site to shore. For more information visit tampnet.com or our LinkedIn page.
About KPN
KPN has been the leading provider of telecommunications and IT services in the Netherlands for almost 140 years. Every Dutch person uses the KPN network on a daily basis, directly or indirectly, from the fiber optic connections in the ground to the ATMs in a shop or the matrix signs above the highway. Through the network of the Netherlands, in which KPN is continuously investing through the installation of fiber optic and the roll-out of, for example, the new 5G mobile network, KPN serves consumers and business customers with services for telephony, data, television, internet-of-things, cloud. , workplaces and security. KPN has an open network over which other providers also offer services. More information at www.kpn.com
For more information please contact:
Tampnet
Martin Myraker
mmy@tampnet.com
KPN
Gerd De Smyter
gerd.desmyter@kpn.com
